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I CÂU HỎI VỀ PERSONAL BACKGROUND
1 Tell me about yourself
2 What major challenges and problems did you face?
3 How would someone who dislikes you describe you?
4 What was your biggest failure?
5 What is your definition of failure?
6 What are your regrets?
7 What is your greatest weakness?
8 When was the last time you were angry? What happened?
9 If you could relive the last 10 years of your life, what would you do differently?
10 Tell me about a time when you helped resolve a dispute between others
11 What are your goals?
12 What is your dream job?
13 What are three things your former manager would like you to improve on?
14 Tell me about an accomplishment you are most proud of
15 Are you a leader or a follower?
16 What are some of your leadership experiences?
17 Why aren’t you earning more money at this stage of your career?
18 Who has inspired you in your life and why?
19 What techniques and tools do you use to keep yourself organized?
20 What is your personal mission statement? Or give a one sentence statement of yourself
21 What is your greatest achievement outside of work?
22 Tell me one thing about yourself you wouldn’t want me to know
23 What is your favorite memory from childhood?
24 What two or three accomplishments have given you the most satisfaction? Why?
25 What are your hobbies?
26 What sports do you play?
27 What kind of games do you like to play?
28 What do you do in leisure/spare time?
29 What do you do to deal with stress?
30 What do you do to help balance life and work?
31 Would you rather be liked or feared?
32 How competitive are you?
33 Tell me about a time when you used your creativity to overcome a problem
34 Which of your skills, technical or otherwise, has most helped you on the job?
35 What new skills have you learned or developed recently?
36 What sort of things have you done to become better qualified for your career?
37 What were your responsibilities? (e.g in your last job)
38 What have you done to improve your knowledge in the last year?
39 Do you have a favorite quote? What is it?
40 Who is your role model and why?
41 Who do you respect? Why
42 Tell me about someone you admire and why?
43 What unique experiences separate you from other candidates?
44 What kind of person would you refuse to work with?
Trang 245 What are your long-range and short-range goals and objectives, when and why did you establish these goals and how are you preparing yourself to achieve them?
46 Give me a example of an important goal that you set in the past and tell me about your success in reaching it
47 What do you really want to do in life?
48 What are the most important rewards you expect in your career?
49 What are you best skills?
50 What is the most difficult adjustment you have ever had to make?
51 What two or three things are most important to you in a position?
52 What are you interested in outside of your career?
53 What is the last movie you watched? Did you like it?
54 Give an example of a time you misjudged someone
55 What have you learnt from your mistakes?
56 Give an example of a time when you made a mistake because you did not listen well to what someone had to say
57 Describe times when you were not satisfied or pleased with your performance What did you do about it?
58 Describe a time when you had to make a difficult choice between your personal and professional (or academic) life
59 What do you do if you can’t solve a problem on your own?
60 How has your job affected your lifestyle?
61 What was the most useful criticism you received? Who was it from?
62 Site and example from your personal life when you were dishonest to someone?
63 What you have learned ever since you were born?
64 Write to us about an incident in your life that shows how you faced a difficulty/challenge hand how you handled it
65 Describe how you have persevered with a difficult problem in order to achieve a successful outcome
66 What experience in your life has taught you the most?
67 Who do you contact and communicate with on a regular basis and for what purpose?
68 What types of people do you get along with and why
69 What was the most traumatic experience to happen in your personal life?
70 When you go on holiday, when do you pack your case?
71 What do you consider yourself good at doing?
72 On what do you spend your disposable income?
73 What’s the most important thing you’ve learnt in life?
74 What is your greatest fear?
75 Tell me about a problem you solved in a unique way What was the outcome?
76 Tell me about a time when you made a decision without all the information you needed
77 How frequent do you add contacts to your address book? Do you think it is worth building network of contacts?
78 Do you think it is worthwhile to establish new relationships? What are the consequences of building new relationships in your professional and personal life?
79 How will you judge yourself successful? How will you achieve success?
80 What have you learned from your experiences outside the workplace/classroom?
II CÂU HỎI VỀ KINH NGHIỆM LÀM VIỆC
81 Why was there a gap in your employment between [insert dates] and [insert date]?
Trang 382 What applicable attributes/experience do you have?
83 What did you like or dislike about your previous job?
84 Have you ever had difficulty working with a manager?
85 Who was your best boss and who was the worst?
86 Tell me about a time when you disagreed with your boss
87 If your boss gives you a mountain of tasks at 3:00 and says she needs them by 5:00, but you know you can’t finish them in time, what do you do?
88 Tell me about the worst boss you ever had
89 If you know your boss is 100% wrong about something, how would you handle it?
90 Describe a situation where you did not agree with something your boss asked you to do and how you resolved the problem
91 Why did you quit your job?
92 What experience do you have in this field?
93 What would your previous supervisor say your strongest point is?
94 Tell me about the most boring job you’ve ever had
95 Have you been absent from work more than a few days in any previous position?
96 Do you have the stomach to fire people? Have you had experience firing (many) people?
97 Why have you had so many jobs?
98 What’s the most difficult part of being a [job title]?
99 Can you describe a time when your work was criticized?
100 Can you give me an example of your creativity/managerial/organizational skills?
101 What was the name of your most recent employer?
102 Have you ever opted to resign from a position? Why?
103 Have you ever worked in a position where you felt you were not given enough to do?
104 How do you determine your priorities when you have multiple projects?
105 Are you comfortable with strict deadlines?
106 Do you check your messages while on vacation?
107 What is the worst job you can imagine holding?
108 Can you work without supervision?
109 Give me an example of a time when you had to conform to a policy or rule that you did not agree with
110 Describe a situation where your results have been below your superiors’ expectations What happened? What did you do?
111 Describe a major change that occurred in a job that you held How did you adapt to this change?
112 What are the steps you follow to study a problem before making a decision?
113 What was the most important task you ever had? What was your role?
114 How do you get a peer or colleague to accept one of your ideas?
115 Have you given any seminars/courses/presentations?
116 How did you get your last job?
117 Why are your dissatisfied with your present job?
118 What would your current employer have to do to make you stay there?
119 How did the job influence your career?
120 Are you currently under any employment contract obligation form current or previous employers?
121 Recall a time from your work experience when your manager or supervisor was unavailable and a problem arose What was the nature of the problem? How did you handle that situation? How did that make you feel?
Trang 4122 Tell me about a time you had to handle multiple responsibilities How did you organize the work you needed to do?
123 What skills have you acquired from your work experience/internships and part-time jobs?
124 When given an important assignment, how do you approach it?
125 How does your present position differ from past ones?
126 Have you ever been asked to leave a position?
127 What percentage of your time in spent on each of your job responsibilities?
128 What social obligations go along with your job in this field?
129 In what way did this type of work interest you and how did you get started?
130 Do you participate in many social activities with your co-workers?
131 What kinds of jobs have you held in the past and what did you like most about them?
132 Describe a task you have done recently for which you exerted a high level of effort
133 When were you happy at work?
134 Given a choice in your work, what do you like to do first?
135 Given a choice, what would you leave till last in your work?
136 On holiday, what do you miss most about your work?
137 Why were you transferred/ promoted?
138 Given the achievements in your CV why is you salary so low/high?
139 How does this job fit into your career plan?
140 In your last internship, what tasks did you spend most of your time on and why?
141 Can you tell me about a time when you discovered a more efficient way to do a work task?
142 Do you always double-check your work?
143 Tell me about a time when you were given an assignment but you were not clear of how to go about
it How did you tackle this situation?
144 Can you tell me about a time when you backed off in a meeting because you felt someone else should speak or have an opportunity?
145 How would you show co-workers the importance of cooperation?
146 Give an example of a time when you assisted a co-worker to enhance their work skills?
147 Tell me about a situation when you were given job instructions and you were unable to comprehend the instructions How did you go about completing the task?
148 How often do you discuss and work with colleagues to think up new systems and styles of working?
149 Can you tell me about a time when you did something extra, which was not part of the routine activities assigned to you, but you did it for the benefit of the customer?
150 Describe a time when you took an additional work to help your team meet a crucial work goal?
151 Tell me about a time that you undertook a course of study, on your own initiative, in order to improve your work performance?
152 Tell me about initiatives you have taken to improve procedures at work? Were you successful? Would you do anything different now?
153 When you need to create an order of job tasks that need to be completed, how do you decide which task has priority?
154 When was the last time you used an inventive method to draw out company resources beyond a level that is usually met?
155 Explain to me how your work experience is relevant to this position?
156 What relevant experience do you have?
157 Could you have done better in your last job?
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158 Discuss your educational background
159 What’s the most important thing you learned in school
160 Why did you choose your major?
161 Why did you choose your university and what factors influenced your choice?
162 Why did you choose your degree subject?
163 What computing skills do you have?
164 What is suggestion you’ve made at work that was implemented?
165 Tell me about your experiences at school
166 What has been the most rewarding university experience?
167 On a scale of 1-10, how would you rate your vocabulary and grammar skills?
168 How has your education prepared you for your job?
169 What college subjects did you like best? Why?
170 What college subjects did you like least? Why?
171 If you could do so, how would you plan your academic study differently? Why?
172 What have you learned from participation in extracurricular activities?
173 Do you have plans for continued study? An advanced degree?
174 What changes would you make in your college or university? Why?
175 Tell me about your education
176 What were your favorite classes/activities at school?
177 In what ways have your college experiences prepared you for a career?
178 Describe your most rewarding college experience
179 Did you enjoy school/college/university?
180 How do you think you have changed personally since you started school/college/university?
181 Why do you think graduates in [your degree subject] would be good [job role you have applied for]?
182 Do you feel your GPA reflects your academic ability?
183 Knowing what you know now about your college experience, would you make the same decisions?
184 What contributions have you made to a group project?
185 Do you have education or training relevant to this position?
186 What parts of your education do you see as relevant to this position?
187 Is grad school important?
188 Are you currently taking or enrolled to take any job related educational courses?
189 If you could change or improve anything about your college, what would it be?
190 How will the academic program and coursework you’ve taken benefit your career?
191 Are you the type of student for whom conducting independent research has been a positive experience?
192 Describe the type of teacher who had the most beneficial influence on you
193 Describe the type of professor that has created the most beneficial learning experience for you
194 Do you think that your grades are indication of your academic achievement?
195 How was your transition from high school to college? Did you face any particular problems?
196 How have you differed from your professors in evaluation you performance? How did you handle the situation?
197 Give two examples of things you’ve done in previous jobs or school that demonstrate your willingness to work hard
198 Describe the last time that you undertook a project that demanded a lot of initiative
199 How has college changed you as a person?
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201 What courses have proved to be the most valuate to you in your work?
202 What courses do you wish you had taken that would have better prepared your?
203 If you were a college student again, what would you do differently to prepare for this job?
204 How important are grades or GPA for obtaining a job in this field?
205 What is the best educational preparation for this career?
206 How do you think [name of your school]’s reputation is viewed when it comes to hiring?
207 If you were entering this career today, would you change your preparation in any way to better facilitate entry?
208 Do you apply the skills and knowledge learned at school in you work?
209 What do you like best about your school?
210 Please describe your own roles and functions in school, college, job, clubs, or other groups
211 Do you feel that grades are a good indicator of your ability?
212 What would cause you to miss an assignment or be tardy?
213 Tell me about your undergraduate university experience
214 If you were hiring a graduate for this position, what qualities would you look for?
IV CÁC CÂU HỎI VỀ CÁ NHÂN, TỔ CHỨC, CÔNG VIỆC ỨNG TUYỂN.
215 What do you know about our company?
216 What interests you about this job opening?
217 What salary range are you looking for? Or what do you feel this position should pay?
218 What were your expectations for the job and to what extent were you met?
219 What can you do for this company?
220 Why should we hire you?
221 What do you find are the most difficult decisions to make?
222 What is more important to you: money or work?
223 Where else have you applied? Or who else have you applied to/got interviews with?
224 Are you willing to relocate or travel? Why should you hire you?
225 How do you handle pressure?
226 What questions do you have for me?
227 Aren’t you overqualified for this position?
228 Would you lie for the company?
229 What can you tell us about our company?
230 What do you know about our competitors?
231 How did you hear about this position?
232 Would you work holidays/weekends?
233 How would you deal with an angry or irate customer?
234 How would you fire someone?
235 Why do you want this job?
236 What is the most difficult thing about working with you?
237 Are you willing to make sacrifices for this company?
238 Do you know anyone who works with our company?
239 What will you do if you don’t get this position?
240 How do you take direction?
241 Do you prefer working with others or alone?
242 Can you summarize the contribution you would make to our organization?
243 In what kind of work environment are you most comfortable?
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245 If offered this position, how long would you plan on staying with our company?
246 What would you do differently if you were in charge of this company?
247 Walk me through the important points on your resume
248 What criteria do you use for evaluating success?
249 Do you consider yourself a leader? What qualities make a good leader?
250 How do you stay current or up-to-date in this industry?
251 What qualities do you look for in an employer?
252 What is your definition of intelligence?
253 What can you tell me about this company that nobody else can?
254 What challenges are you looking for in a position?
255 Why do you think you would do well at this job?
256 What do you expect to be earning in five years?
257 Describe the relationship that should exist between a supervisor and those reporting to him/her
258 What two or three things are most important to you in your job?
259 Are you willing to spend at least six months as a trainee?
260 In a job, w hat interests you the most/least?
261 How would you describe an average day on this job?
262 How well defined is the job? Is there a written job description?
263 What is important to you in a job?
264 What qualities do you find important in a co-worker?
265 How will this job fit in your career plans?
266 Give me an example of a time when you had to think out of the box
267 What factors most influence your willingness to take a risk?
268 In your opinion, what are the advantages and disadvantages of working as a part of a team? Why?
269 On a scale from 1-5 (one being the lowest) how do you rate your communication skills?
270 If you found out that one of your co-workers was doing something dishonest, what would you do?
271 What are your plans for self-improvement and personal development?
272 Which of your personal characteristics do you feel enhances your effectiveness in communicating with others?
273 If you had an opportunity to develop a basic set of values and beliefs which would serve as a company’s foundation for success, what would those be?
274 In your opinion, what is the difference between a vision and a mission?
275 What are one or two areas in which you think you could improve your performance?
276 How many applications have you made?
277 (if you have applied to lots of places) why haven’t you had many interviews?
278 Describe a situation in which you dealt with confrontation, for example a difficult customer
279 What gets you out of bed in the morning?
280 How much money do you need to make?
281 What expectations do you have for your future employer?
282 What challenges are you looking for in a position?
283 What is your approach to handling conflict? Solving problems?
284 Why are you looking for a new job?
285 Do you feel you have strong opinions about others?
286 How would you describe yourself to a stranger at a party?
287 Are you hoping for advancement within the company?
288 Do you meet the application requirements?
Trang 8289 What do you do to attempt to motivate your co-workers?
290 What do you do to help those unfamiliar with technology understand it better?
291 How do you define teamwork?
292 Have you ever postponed a decision? Why?
293 If you were CEO of this company, what would you change?
294 What are your pet peeves?
295 How would you define good customer service?
296 What quality of yours or personal trait matters the most in your career?
297 Do you need additional training?
298 What are your expectations regarding promotions and salary increases?
299 How can you stay energized at work?
300 Tell me what are the first 5 things you would do if you got this position?
301 What training do you think you will require doing this job?
302 How do you feel about being on call?
303 How do you feel about company politics?
304 How much notice do you require?
305 How important is money to you?
306 Are there any particular companies that interest you?
307 Define cooperation
308 Define quality
309 Define service
310 Define commitment
311 Define discipline
312 Define dedication
313 Define integrity
314 How do you define empowerment?
315 How do you define arrogance? Are you arrogant?
316 How do you delegate authority?
317 What do you expect to learn from this job, what you’re currently getting?
318 Would you say that you can easily deal with high-pressure situations?
319 Do you have a geographic preference?
320 By providing examples, convince me that you can adapt to a wide variety of people, situations and environments
321 What suggestions do you have for our organization?
322 Describe a time when you put your needs aside to help a co-worker or classmate understand the task How did you assist him or her? What was the result?
323 What do you do when you are faced with an obstacle to an important project? Give an example
324 Describe a team experience you found disappointing What could you have done to prevent it?
325 What criteria are you using to choose companies to interview with?
326 Which is more important: creativity or efficiency? Why?
327 What in your opinion, are the key ingredients in guiding and maintaining successful business relationships?
328 What do you prefer: recruitment or selection?
329 What kind of person are you?
330 What does trust mean to you?
331 Which one is better: mentoring or coaching?
332 What concerns do you have about this job?
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334 How much job security do you have in this position?
335 What is the next step in your career?
336 If your job was suddenly eliminated, what kinds of work do you feel prepared to do?
337 What systems are in place to enable employees to give management feedback and suggestions?
338 How would you describe the atmosphere at the company? Is it fairly formal or more casual and informal?
339 How does a person progress in your field?
340 Briefly describe the type of career opportunity you are seeking
341 When can you start to work if hired?
342 What are some of your expectations of your future employer?
343 Please list three areas you feel have opportunities for improvement
344 What significant trends do you see in your industry?
345 How would you tackle the first 90 days at this job?
346 Do you set goals for yourself?
347 What specifically do you do to set examples to your fellow employees?
348 Are you looking for a permanent or temporary position at the company?
349 Will you take a drug/psychological examination as a condition of employment?
350 What would you do to deal with office gossip?
351 What gives you the most satisfaction during free/vacation time?
352 What may cause your priorities to change in a retail environment and how would you react?
353 What would you do to drive additional sales?
354 What would you hope to gain from working for our company?
355 How do you incorporate fun into your day?
356 How ambitious are you?
357 In 200 words or less, please tell us why this role appeals to you?
358 What do you do when making a mistake?
359 Why are you interested in this vacancy?
360 Please briefly describe what brings you to be seeking a new position at this time?
361 If you come across an unethical behavior what would you do?
362 If boss gives you an unreasonable request, how would you handle it?
363 Please let us know the differences of your previous job description and your company job description
364 How do you measure quality?
365 Please describe in 500 words or less your greatest talent as an employee that distinguishes you from most others
366 What days and hours are you available to work? Please be a specific as possible
367 List 4-5 qualities and examples in your previous experience where these qualities allowed you to overcome a problem or succeed at a task
368 How will you manage to come in on time to the office?
369 Can you recall a time when you were less than pleased with your performance?
370 What do you think is most important when dealing with your customer?
371 What is the thing you most hate in life?
372 How do you spend your day?
373 Give an example of when you worked with little or no supervision
374 Please give examples of when you have had to communicate information both verbally and in writing in a clear and concise manner?
Trang 10375 How to overcome less punctual?
376 What do you do when two employees are fighting?
377 What sort of things do you like to delegate?
378 How do you see this job developing?
379 You seem not to have much experience in [required skill]?
380 What do you think is your market value?
381 What decisions do you find easy to make?
382 When do you plan to retire?
383 What training have you had for this job?
384 How do you get the best out of people?
385 This job has a large component of travel/sales/negotiation/stress How will you cope with that?
386 What are the major influences that encourage you to take the job?
387 Have you been coached in interviewing skills?
388 What do you find most attractive about this position? What seems least attractive about it?
389 How long would it take you to make a meaningful contribution to our firm?
390 Your resume suggests that you may be over-qualified or too experienced for this position What’s your opinion?
391 What do you think is the most difficult thing about being a manager or executive?
392 How do you feel about leaving all your benefits to find a new job?
393 How did you find out about this job?
394 Do you prefer oral or written communications?
395 Rate your vocabulary and grammar skills for me
396 Describe some of your latest written communications and how effective they have been
397 Describe for me two situations in which you were proactive
398 What types of people need to be treated with good manners?
399 How do you continue learning on a daily basis?
400 Why is continuous improvement necessary?
401 How do you rate yourself in computer skills? Please describe the programs and software that you can use well
402 Can you perform internet research? Please describe to me your steps in doing so
403 How would you handle a client coming into town from a foreign country, say Thailand?
404 What is intelligence?
405 Do you prefer structured or unstructured activities?
406 How do you think it rate as an interviewer?
407 How would you react if you knew that everyone in your department was going to let go except for one person?
408 Tell me about a time when you had to give someone difficult feedback and how you managed it
409 Would you be willing to take a salary cut?
410 Do you think this company is ambitious and if so, why?
411 Tell me about a tricky situation for which you found a very simple solution?
412 What steps will you take to clarify unclear information, or instructions with regard to your work?
413 Is detail important to you? Do you think details should be left to your assistant?
414 There are thousands of possible careers Why do you want to follow this particular career?
415 Five years ago, how would you have answered this question: “where do you see yourself five years from now?” Do you think you have achieved what you wanted to?
416 Describe a time when you took extra effort to make sure the person with whom you were communicating with had really understood your point How did you do this?